Timothy M.

Keune
OFFICE ADDRESS HOME ADDRESS
University of Wisconsin-Madison 7507 Widgeon Way
975 University Avenue Madison, WI 53717
4121 Grainger Hall Phone: (608) 827-4750
Madison, WI 53706
tkeune@wisc.edu

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2006-Current

Ph.D., Accounting and Information Systems
Anticipated completion: July 2010
Dissertation Committee:
Ella Mae Matsumura (Chair), Qiang Cheng, Brian Mayhew, Kyle Stiegert, Terry Warfield

Winterthur North America, Sun Prairie, WI 2005

Budget and Cost Allocation Manager

Pulte Homes, Inc., Ocala, FL 1997-2005

Controller, Ocala Market

Ernst & Young LLP, Indianapolis, IN 1995-1997

Experienced Staff Auditor

College of Business Administration, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN 1991-1995

Bachelor of Science, Accounting

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Teaching: Management Accounting, Strategic Performance Measurement, Financial Accounting

Research: Incentive system design, performance effects of management accounting control systems,
relative performance evaluation, budgeting

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Overall School
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Instructor Instructor Rating Average
Summer 2009, Cost Management Systems 4.91 / 5.0 not reported
Spring 2009, Introductory Managerial Accounting 4.61 / 5.0 4.44 / 5.0
Summer 2008, Cost Management Systems 4.99 / 5.0 4.56 / 5.0
Fall 2007, Introductory Managerial Accounting 4.79 / 5.0 4.38 / 5.0
Summer 2007, Cost Management Systems 4.98 / 5.0 4.56 / 5.0
Fall 2006, Introductory Managerial Accounting 4.74 / 5.0 4.32 / 5.0
Spring 2006, Introductory Managerial Accounting 4.57 / 5.0 4.40 / 5.0
Fall 2005, Introductory Managerial Accounting 4.26 / 5.0 4.35 / 5.0
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ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Working Papers:
Supervisor discretion in target setting: An empirical investigation. With J. Bol, E.M. Matsumura, and
J.Y. Shin. Under second round review at The Accounting Review.

An empirical examination of relative performance evaluation incentives, capital investment strategy,

and CEO risk-taking. Working paper from my dissertation.

Relative performance evaluation and earnings management. From my dissertation, in data collection
stage.

Research Funding:
Institute of Management Accountants, grant for data collection assistance for dissertation

Academic Presentations:
“Supervisor discretion in target setting: An empirical investigation”
 2009 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, August 2009
 2009 Management Accounting Section Research and Case Conference, January 2009
 Research Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 2008

“An empirical examination of relative performance evaluation incentives, capital investment strategy,
and CEO risk-taking”
 2010 Management Accounting Section Research and Case Conference, January 2010
 Research Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2009

“Relative performance evaluation and earnings management”

 Research Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2008

HONORS AND AWARDS

2009 Douglas Clarke Memorial Teaching Award

2009 J. Michael Cook AAA Doctoral Consortium
2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers XFac Representative

ACADEMIC CONFERENCES AND CONSORTIUMS

2010 Management Accounting Section Doctoral Colloquium and Conference

2009 AAA Annual Meeting
2009 J. Michael Cook AAA Doctoral Consortium
2009 Management Accounting Section Doctoral Colloquium and Conference
2008 AAA Annual Meeting
2008 Management Accounting Section Doctoral Colloquium and Conference
2007 AAA Annual Meeting
2007 Management Accounting Section Doctoral Colloquium and Conference
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SERVICE

American Accounting Association:

2009 Reviewer for Management Accounting Section Conference
2009 Reviewer for AAA Annual Meeting

University of Wisconsin:
2009 Accounting Department Ethics Symposium, discussion group leader
2008 The Future Is Now (event for Juniors interested in Accounting), facilitator
2008 School of Business Teaching Improvement Program, panel discussant
2007 School of Business Teaching Improvement Program, panel discussant

CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Public Accountant, State of Arizona

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Accounting Association (including the Management Accounting Section)
Institute of Management Accountants